Luciana stared at him in disbelief. "And you agreed to it?" She asked doubtfully.
"I told him that I might take one or two." Raziel recounted his meeting with his father to her."Oh, 'might'. You are not certain.""You'd be surprised." Raziel said with a smirk."I don't believe it." Luciana argued, her gaze narrowed at him."You don't want me to get married?" Raziel raised a brow teasingly at her."That's not in my place to decide, but I don't believe you will be getting married. You must have some ace up your sleeve.""I'm with her. Knowing you, you would play a trick on them again." Lorenzo added, and Raziel only smiled."We will see."*****The next morning, Luciana woke up early to go find Raziel. Strangely she did not have her nightmares that night and she would have loved to sleep more, but Raziel offered to help her find her sister, and she didn't want the opportunity to slip off her finRaziel got water for Luciana to rinse her mouth and wash her face. They then went out.Luciana insisted that they visit Lord Kruger's mansion. She had made sure to bring along with her her arrows and bow, the only weapon she knew how to use.Raziel not wanting to turn her down, agreed. He too wanted to meet this infamous Lord that had killed her family.They entered one of the town's carriage that would lead them to Lord Kruger's mansion. The coachman was going to wait for the carriage to be full, but Raziel insisted that he took only the both of them, and paid for the empty seats."How do you feel now Luciana?"She shook her head. "I don't know. Sometimes I feel it is not true, and that I will see them one day. It is too cruel to be real.""I understand you." He said to her, and she smiled sadly.When they got to Kruger's mansions, they saw guards stationed all around his gate.Raziel held Luciana's hand and walked
It was obvious that the princess was displeased with Raziel's attitude, but she tried her best to hide it. She gave him one of her polite practiced smiles."I am Lyra your highness, the first princess of Crestland, and the daughter of...""I didn't ask you for details. I only asked for your name." Raziel cut her off, and she gave him a smile which was obviously forced. Raziel smiled to himself. This one was easy."What are your hobbies your highness?" He asked as he began to eat. "I am an outdoor person. I usually enjoy mountain climbing and picnics.""We have something in common then." Raziel stated, and he noticed her face brighten a bit. "I am an outdoor person too, but I don't do mountain climbing and picnics. My favorite outdoor activity is slaughtering.""Slaughtering? I don't understand. Do you hunt?""Yes. But not animals."The princess shifted uncomfortably in her seat, and he noticed the little sweat gathering on her forehead."Humans then?""Humans, vampires, werewolves, w
Luciana was back in the parlour again after Dahlia left."I might have gotten myself a wife." Raziel said to her when she joined him.Luciana frowned. "I don't believe you.""She agreed to marry me. I think the plan on my father's side was to get someone who would agree to marry me after meeting me."Luciana shook her head. "I thought the plan was to scare them off." "When did we make that plan?" He asked. "And you seem disappointed. You don't want me married?" He then lowered his voice and said. "Or maybe you want to marry me instead, just so you can see more of my naked self."Luciana stood up abruptly. "Thank you for your company your highness."She then left quickly before he could say more, while Raziel laughed at her reaction. This side of her was totally new to him.____The next day came quickly, and the whole castle was busy and boozing with people, in preparation for the king's wedding. Evelyn was
Luciana stepped out of the castle one morning, searching for some herbs for more experiments, but she didn't find the ones she needed. Especially the wolves bane. She pondered if or not she should ask Raziel, and she finally decided to.It's been about three days since the king married Evelyn and made her Queen, and ever since Raziel had been very busy. It was as if the king left every of his duty for him, and it also seemed like the duties doubled. She had seen less of him since then.She finally gave up on her search for the wolves bane and decided to go back to the castle. But just then she heard a female voice from afar, and she turned to the direction where the voice was coming from. Whomever it was was singing a strange song, and she felt drawn to it. She moved towards the source of the voice, until she arrived at the stream she had washed clothes for Evelyn. The singing continued, and it sounded like it was coming from the water. Luciana walked to
Elric stared at the girl in disbelief, while her eyes were filled with both hope and fear as she looked back at him. Elric turned back to see the Earl coming towards them, and he crouched down to be on the same level with Freya.He grabbed her chin a little roughly, forcing her to look up at him. Freya was taken aback at how he was acting, but she still stayed calm. Not like she could do anything."I like her." Elric said to the Earl. "How much will I give you to have her?" His thumb trailed Freya's chin in a sensual manner, and he noticed her shiver in fear and hopelessness. Tears filled her eyes."She's not for sale Duke Elric. I was only asked to keep her."Elric gaze trailed her body. He could only see her back, as she hid the rest of her body to hide her nakedness."Has she been fed since she was brought here?""No your grace. I think she was under punishment. Lord Kruger said he wanted to have his way with her, and she denied him.""A stubborn one." He then stood up. "I am surpri
Freya jumped in fright when someone knocked on the door to the room she was kept in. She instinctively moved back into the bed, while she held the sheets tight as if it will protect her.The knock came again, before the door slowly opened, and a woman came in."Good morning. The duke asked me to check on you.""I am fine." She whispered."I should prepare a warm bath for you."Freya nodded, as she was cold. She had been left naked for days and exposed to the cold.The lady walked into the room and to Freya's bed. She touched her body."You are so cold."She then went into the bathroom to prepare the bath. Freya walked into the bathroom with the robe she was given to wear the previous night. She wanted to undress, but she noticed that the lady was not going away."Uhm... I need to..." She awkwardly cleared her throat, not knowing how to send her away. "Will you stay here while I... bath?""
Just as expected, the king and queen were very furious when they arrived back at the castle at night. They had spent hours on the road, only to be told that the invitation was fake.Evelyn was in particularly angry about the stress that she had been put through, and she took it out on her servants.She really wished to find the culprit, but she had a suspect.She went to Dahlia's room while three of her servants trailed behind her. She didn't bother to knock. She just pushed the door open. Thankfully it wasn't locked."Who could be that mannerless?" Dahlia whined, pretending not to see Evelyn at first. "Oh it is you. Your majesty." She smiled."I know you are behind the fake invitation." Evelyn went straight to accusing her, while Dahlia pretended not to know what she was talking about."Invitation? What invitation?""You know what I am talking about Dahlia. You were the one behind the invitation to your mother's birthday." Evelyn said."With all due respect your majesty, you sound s
Dahlia watched nervously as the prince's blood continue to drop into the witch's bowl. She wondered what he was up to. She really hoped that he was not really getting into a blood ritual that would bind them together. But that was his blood, and that was a witch. How else could this be explained?King Mikael was suspicious of how compliant Raziel was. The prince would never agree to things against his wish just like that. He never lets anyone tells him what to do. Even he the king couldn't fully place him under his control. Raziel would only obey when it pleases him. And that was why he would always resort to threats, using people he cared about against him.Raziel noticed his father staring at him. He gave the man a look he could not fathom. Raziel then shrugged."Don't be surprised father. I want to marry her for real." He whispered, knowing his father could hear him. The king narrowed his gaze at him.Evelyn observed from where she was. She noticed that Raziel was the only one invo